• Pudutr0n@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t have any kids and no complaints, but something tells me we’re going to have to revisit this thought when we’re above 80 years of age.

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      2 months ago

      I dont expect to make it to 80 unless I somehow manage to survive my country losing world War 3 and stull having to go to work cause capitalists stole what little I had saved for retirement.

    • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      I got along with my parents really well in my 20’s and 30’s, and it’s kinda hard watching them age now, but we got 2 good decades, maybe 3, of both generations being functional adults who love each other and enrich each other’s lives.

      I enjoyed being childless in my 20’s and early 30’s, and anticipate enjoying having 20+ year old children in my late 50’s onward.

      Babies and toddlers are whatever. I love my children but still don’t really like other people’s children. But as they (and their peers and their cousins and their friends) grow older, I can definitely see personalities form and become future adults who I will really enjoy spending time with.